COOKIE DISCLOSURE TEXT

As ALVA KUMAŞ TEKSTİL SAN. DIŞ TİC. LTD. ŞTİ (“ALVA” / “LoFiBuy” / ‘Company’), we use cookies and some other similar technologies, products (all together referred to as “Cookies / Cookies”) in order to make the most efficient use of our website and mobile application and to improve your user experience.

In the content of this text, there are explanations regarding the Cookies to be used if you visit “https://lofibuy.com/”, “https://alvatekstil.com.tr/ websites (hereinafter referred to as ‘Site’) or use the LoFiBuy mobile application (hereinafter referred to as ”Mobile Application") that you will download to your mobile device, if any.

If you do not prefer the use of cookies, you can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. However, we would like to remind you that this may affect your use of the Site.

Within the scope of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”), you can access the clarification text regarding your personal data that we process as ALVA / LoFiBuy in the capacity of data controller via the Site KVKK LINK LINK will be added.

            1. What are Cookies and Other Similar Technologies?

1.1. A cookie is a small text file that is saved on your computer or mobile device through your browser when you visit a website. Cookies allow a website to work more efficiently as well as to provide personalized pages to provide a faster visit experience that is more suitable for your personal needs. Cookies only contain information about your visit history on the internet and do not collect any information about the files stored on your computer or mobile device.

In addition, there are some of the following technologies (“Cookie-Like Technologies”) that are used for similar purposes as Cookies.

- Pixel tags (transparent graphical images placed on a website that indicate that a page has been viewed),

- Mobile device identifiers (storing information about the use of a mobile device in 3rd party environments through IDFA, advertising ID, etc.),

- Segmentation/Reporting Products (programs/products that work through some ready-made codes added to the codes of the website or mobile devices by various methods and report/interpret/store the movements of users on the website or mobile device thanks to these codes)

The term Cookie/Cookies used in this text shall be used to include Cookie-Like Technologies.

You can share on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp via the Site / Mobile Application. Since the content and scope of the data collected by these social networks are determined by the relevant social networking sites, ALVA / LoFiBuy does not have any authority over these networks. For this reason, you can adjust your settings by checking the data protection policies of the relevant social network in terms of the processing conditions of your data collected through these social networks.

          2. Types of Cookies and Purposes of Use

2.1. Cookies in terms of their duration of use:

- Temporary Cookies: Session Cookies are temporary cookies that are used during the visitors' visit to the website and expire after the browser is closed. The main purpose of using such cookies is to ensure that the website functions properly during your visit. For example; it is possible to fill out online forms consisting of more than one page thanks to these cookies.

- Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are types of cookies used to increase the functionality of the website and to provide a faster and better service. Such cookies are used to remember visitors' preferences and are stored on visitors' devices via browsers and persist until a certain date or until deleted by the user. Persistent cookies are used for processes such as providing a personalized experience compatible with your settings. Cookie-like Technologies are also included in this scope.

2.2. Cookies by source:

- First party cookies: Placed directly on visitors' devices by the website visited. First-party cookies are identified by the website you are visiting and can only be read by that website.

- Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are identified by other organizations used for different services. For example, cookies are set on our behalf by external data analytics services that we use and the providers of those services to report on what is popular and what is not.

 2.3. Cookies according to their intended use:

- Mandatory Cookies: Mandatory cookies are cookies that are necessary for you to browse our website, for our website to function properly, and for you to benefit from its features and the services offered. These cookies are used for purposes such as security and verification, are not used for any marketing purposes and do not identify you. An example of this is remembering previous actions when returning to a page within the same session. Disabling these cookies may render some or all of the services and features unavailable.

- Functionality cookies: Functionality cookies allow our website to remember the choices you have made in the past (your username, the region you are in or the language you use) for a more personalized online experience. The information these cookies collect may include data that can identify you, such as your username. Not allowing the use of such cookies may result in a special feature not being available to you and prevents it from remembering your preferences.

- Performance cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information such as how you use our website, which pages you visit and which links you click on. These cookies do not identify you. All data is received and aggregated anonymously. By accepting these cookies, you help us improve our website and contribute to improving the way our website works.

- Marketing cookies: These cookies are used to deliver content and campaigns that are relevant to you and your interests. They can also be used to serve targeted ads or to limit the number of times an ad is displayed to you. These cookies can be used to promote products specific to you, to show personalized ads, to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

- You can block the use of Functionality, Performance and Marketing Cookies as described in this Cookie Policy.

3. What happens if cookies are not accepted?

3.1.If you decide not to accept cookies, certain features of this website may not be displayed or may not function correctly. This limits what you can do on our website and may have an impact on the design and user experience.

Features likely to be affected include:

- Using the My Favorites (My Content) function

- Personalized experience of the website

- Watching video

- Liking or sharing a page or products on the Website on social networks

- Proper display of embedded content

4. How Can You Prevent the Use of Cookies?

4.1. Although the use of cookies enables the Site or, if any, the Mobile Application to provide better service, you can prevent the use of cookies if you wish. However, please note that in this case, the Site or Mobile Application may not function fully and you may not be able to benefit from all its features. In order to prevent the use of cookies, you need to change the settings of your internet browser. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you use.

Below is information on which steps should be followed to prevent the use of cookies through different internet browsers:

- Internet Explorer

 o Open the desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.

o Tap or click the Tools button and tap or click Internet Options.

o Tap or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider under “Settings” upwards to block all cookies and tap or click the “OK” button.

- Google Chrome

o Open Chrome on your computer.

o Click “More Settings” at the top right. 

o Click “Advanced” at the bottom.

o Under “Privacy and security”, click “Content Settings”. 

o Click on Cookies. 

o Look for the name of the Website under “All cookies and site data”.

o Click the “Remove” icon to the right of the site.

- Mozilla Firefox

o Click the Firefox Menu button and select “Options”. 

o Select the “Privacy and Security” panel and go to the “History” section.

o Change the Firefox setting to Use custom settings for history.

o Click on the “Show cookies” button. The cookies window will appear.

o In the Search: field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete. Cookies matching your search will be displayed. 

o Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click on the “Delete selected” button.

o Close the Cookies window by clicking the “Close” button. Then close the about: preferences page.

- Safari

o Choose Safari > Preferences. 

o Click “Privacy”.

o Click “Website Data”.

o Select one or more websites and then click “Delete” or “Delete All”.

- Microsoft Edge

o In the upper right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser, click on the section with the three dots and go to the “Settings” section.

o In the new window that appears, select “Select Items to Clean” and then select the sections you want to clean from the window that appears.

o There are many sections here. You can start the cleaning process by selecting the one you want.